TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM ST. PAUL. | ||
MILES | ||
To St. Anthony | 8 3/4 | |
Rice Creek | 7 | 15 3/4 |
St. Francis, or Rum River | 9 | 25 |
Itasca | 7 | 32 |
Elk River | 6 | 38 |
Big Lake | 10 | 48 |
Big Meadow (Sturgis) | 18 | 66 |
St. Cloud (Sauk Rapids) | 10 | 76 |
Watab | 6 | 82 |
Little Rock | 2 | 84 |
Platte River | 12 | 96 |
Swan River | 10 | 106 |
Little Falls | 3 | 109 |
Belle Prairie | 5 | 114 |
Fort Ripley | 10 | 124 |
Crow Wing River | 6 | 130 |
Sandy Lake | 120 | 250 |
Savannah Portage | 15 | 265 |
Across the Portage | 5 | 270 |
Down Savannah River to St. Louis River | 20 | 290 |
Fond-du-Lac | 60 | 350 |
Lake Superior | 22 | 372 |
Crow Wing River | 130 | |
Otter Tail Lake | 70 | 200 |
Rice River | 74 | 274 |
Sand Hills River | 70 | 340 |
Grand Fork, Red River | 40 | 380 |
Pembina | 80 | 460 |
Sandy Lake | 250 | |
Leech Lake | 150 | 400 |
Red Lake | 80 | 480 |
Pembrina | 150 | 630 |
Stillwater | 18 | |
Arcola | 5 | 23 |
Marine Mills | 6 | 29 |
Falls St. Croix | 19 | 48 |
Pokagema | 40 | 88 |
Fond-du-Lac | 75 | 164 |
Red Rock | 6 |
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Point Douglass | 24 |
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Red Wing | ||
Winona's Rock, Lake Pepin | 30 | 60 |
Wabashaw | 30 | 90 |
Prairie du Chien | 145 | 235 |
Cassville | 29 | 264 |
Peru | 21 | 285 |
Dubuque | 8 | 293 |
Mouth of Fever River | 17 | 310 |
Rock Island | 52 | 362 |
Burlington | 135 | 497 |
Keokuk | 53 | 550 |
St. Louis | 179 | 729 |
Cairo | 172 | 901 |
New Orleans | 1040 | 1941 |
Mendota | 7 |
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Black Dog Village | 4 |
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Sixe's Village | 21 |
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Traverse des Sioux | 50 |
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Little Rock | 45 |
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Lac Qui Parle | 80 |
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Big Stone Lake | 66 |
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Fort Pierce, on Missouri | 240 |
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TABLE OF DISTANCES FROM ST. CLOUD. | ||
To Minneapolis | 62 | |
Superior City, on Brott and Wilson's Road | 120 | |
Traverse des Sioux | 70 | |
Henderson | 60 | |
Fort Ridgley | 100 | |
Long Prairie | 40 | |
Otter Tail Lake | 60 | |
The Salt Springs | 120 | |
Fort Ripley | 60 | |
Mille Lac City | 60 | |
DISTANCES FROM CROW WING. | ||
To Chippeway Mission | 15 | |
Ojibeway | 50 | |
Superior City | 80 | |
Otter Tail City | 60 | |
St. Cloud | 55 | |
PART IV.
PREEMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES.
PREEMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES.
AT a late moment, and while the volume is in press, I am enabled to present the following exposition of the Preemption Law, addressed to the Secretary of the Interior by Mr. Attorney-General Cushing. (See "Opinions of Attorneys General," vol. 7, 733-743— in press.)
PREEMPTION FOR CITY OR TOWN SITES.
Portions of the public lands, to the amount of three hundred and twenty acres, may be taken up by individuals or preemptioners for city or town sites.